The risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality was heightened when adults had arthritis plus comorbid COPD, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.“For clinicians, these findings underscore the importance of screening arthritis patients for COPD, especially given the heightened risk of mortality,” Chengfeng Fu, MM, pulmonologist at the Second People’s Hospital of Banan District in Chongqing, China, told Healio. “Identifying COPD early can lead to more aggressive management strategies,
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